Sports media darling: Zirin is the country's top lefty sportswriter and the go-to national commentator on sports and politics, sports and racial justice, sports and inequality.
Strong author sales track: The hardcover has sold over 9, 000 copies to date. A People's History of Sports and What's My Name, Fool? have both netted 15K+ copies in all editions.
National media attention: Excellent reviews have appeared in major media outlets, the author appeared on MSNBC, CNN, PBS, and sports and public radio stations nationally to promote the book.
Strong platform: Zirin is the host of a popular weekly Sirius XM Show, a regular columnist in The Nation, The Progressive, and SLAM Magazine, and has an active presence on Twitter with over 108, 000 followers. His articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, US News and World Report, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Guardian, and he is a regular on public radio (WNYC, KPFA, WQXR, many more) and sports radio. He has been a featured guest and panelist at hundreds of events, at universities nationwide, key bookstores, and venues such as Town Hall Seattle, Carnegie Hall, the New York Public Library, and many others.
Excellent blurbs: We secured sparkling blurbs from across the spectrum of sportswriters and activist figures, including Dan LeBatard, Mina Kimes, Ibram Kendi, Kimberlé Crenshaw and more, reflecting author's passionate fan base.